AKA Mendel Berlinger

Born: 12-Jul-1908
Birthplace: West 118th Street, Harlem, New York City
Died: 27-Mar-2002
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Colon
Remains: Buried, Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Comic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Crossdressing TV pioneer

Father: Moses Berlinger
Mother: Sarah (d. 31-May-1954)
Brother: Phil Berle (b. 21-Jan-1901, d. 2-Jan-1999)
Brother: Francis (b. 1904, d.)
Brother: Jack (b. 1905, d.)
Sister: Rosalind (b. 1913, d.)
Wife: Joyce Mathews (m. 1941, div. 1947, two children adopted)
Wife: Joyce Mathews (remarried, m. 1949, div. 1950)
Wife: Ruth Cosgrove (m. 1953, d. 1989, one child adopted)
Wife: Lorna Adams (m. 1991, until his death)
Slept with: Aimee Semple McPherson (according to him)
Girlfriend: Pola Negri (according to Berle on Larry King Live)

    Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
    Emmy 1950 Most Outstanding Kinescope Personality
    Emmy 1979 (special, "Mr. Television")
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6263 Hollywood Blvd.
    Rhinoplasty
    Heart Bypass Operation (Jun-1985)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Driving Me Crazy (16-May-1991)
    Broadway Danny Rose (27-Jan-1984) Himself
    Cracking Up (1983)
    The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979)
    Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (26-May-1976)
    Journey Back to Oz (5-Dec-1974) [VOICE]
    Evil Roy Slade (18-Feb-1972)
    Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (19-Mar-1969)
    Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (10-Apr-1968)
    Who's Minding the Mint (26-Sep-1967)
    The Happening (Mar-1967)
    Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (May-1966)
    The Oscar (4-Mar-1966)
    The Loved One (11-Oct-1965)
    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (7-Nov-1963)
    Always Leave Them Laughing (23-Nov-1949)
    Sun Valley Serenade (21-Aug-1941)
    Tall, Dark and Handsome (23-Jan-1941)

Author of books:
Out of My Trunk: Milton Berle's Fabulous Fun-tasy (1945, humor)
Milton Berle: An Autobiography (1974, memoir, with Haskel Frankel)
B. S. I Love You: Sixty Funny Years with the Famous and the Infamous (1988, memoir)
Milton Berle's Private Joke File: Over 10,000 of His Best Gags, Anecdotes, and One-Liners (1989, humor)

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